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Wind Advisory 4, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this wind advisory at Apr 18, 2013, 3:58 AM CDT for 11 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 18, 2013, 3:58 AM CDT (08:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2013, 12:48 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
Counties Bond County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Washington County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 183 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 412 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 356 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 444 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 11.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
332 WWUS73 KLSX 180858 NPWLSX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 358 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013 ILZ059-060-064-065-069-070-074-079-100>102-182300- /O.NEW.KLSX.WI.Y.0004.130418T0900Z-130418T2300Z/ BOND IL-CLINTON IL-FAYETTE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON IL-MARION IL- MONROE IL-MONTGOMERY IL-RANDOLPH IL-ST. CLAIR IL-WASHINGTON IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLEVILLE...CHESTER...EDWARDSVILLE... LITCHFIELD...SALEM...VANDALIA 358 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THOROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ALONG WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS. . PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$ TILLY
2 follow-up statements
924 WWUS73 KLSX 181454 NPWLSX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 954 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013 ILZ059-060-064-065-069-100>102-181600- /O.CAN.KLSX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130418T2300Z/ BOND IL-CLINTON IL-FAYETTE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON IL-MONROE IL- MONTGOMERY IL-ST. CLAIR IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLEVILLE...EDWARDSVILLE... LITCHFIELD...VANDALIA 954 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WITH THE RAIN HAVING MOVED THROUGH...THE THREAT FOR WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH HAS ENDED. GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...ARE STILL EXPECTED BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW CRITERIA. $$ ILZ070-074-079-182000- /O.EXT.KLSX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130418T2000Z/ MARION IL-RANDOLPH IL-WASHINGTON IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHESTER...SALEM 954 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ALONG WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$ TES
229 WWUS73 KLSX 181748 NPWLSX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1248 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013 ILZ070-074-079-181900- /O.CAN.KLSX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130418T2000Z/ MARION IL-RANDOLPH IL-WASHINGTON IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHESTER...SALEM 1248 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WITH THE RAIN HAVING MOVED THROUGH...THE THREAT FOR WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH HAS ENDED OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS. GUSTY WINDS... ESPECIALLY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...ARE STILL EXPECTED BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW CRITERIA. $$ TES
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams | 29 min |
| Apr 17, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 33 min |
| Apr 17, 7:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Adams, Pike | 8 hr |
| Apr 17, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown | 30 min |
| Apr 18, 3:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 12 hr |
| Apr 18, 9:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Monroe | 7 hr |
| Apr 18, 10:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Bond, Fayette, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery, Saint Clair | 8 hr |
| Apr 18, 11:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair | 6 hr |
| Apr 18, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Fayette, Marion, Washington | 44 min |
| Apr 18, 2:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Clinton, Marion, Randolph, Washington | 4 hr |
| Apr 18, 6:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair | 18 hr |
| Apr 18, 6:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion, Randolph, Washington | 18 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.